Corner-brace for cases and the like



W. H. MYERS. CORNER BRACE FOR CASES AND THE LlKE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1919.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. MYERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CORNER-BRACE FOR CASES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters IB-atent.

Patented Oct. 19, 1920.

Application filed July 22, 1919. Serial No. 312,595.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM H. MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain' corner members which are adapted to dis tribute the force of the concussion due to sudden impact over a considerable area of the sides of a case, thereby removing this vforce of impact from direct contact with the corners of a case.

A further object is to provide a device of the character described constructed with three angnlarly extending and angularly formed arms extending, from a common point of intersection, in three directions at angles approximately less than 90 to oneanother for the purpose of distributing the force of impact, at the corner, over a considerable area of each side to which the end of each arm is secured.

These objects are attained by means of the device herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the corner brace attached to a corner of a case;

Fig. 2 is an end view in elevation, and

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on line of Fig. 2. I

Referring in detail to the parts, 1 designates an angular body portion provided with angular arms 2 having attachment portions 8 formed thereon. The angular arms are so arranged that the dihedral angle, contained between the planes embracing the two corresponding side members of the angular arms, is less than a right angle or 90 or is less than the angle formed by the sides of a case, as clearly shown by the dotted lines 4 in Fig. 3 and by the sides of a case 5 shown in Fig. 2.

The device is securely attached to the case 5 by means of any suitable screws or nails as at 6, and the fastening or attaching portion 3 is bent away from the line of the angularly formed arms 2 so that its plane coincides with the plane of the side of the case.

It is obvious that a blow due to impact upon the nose or corner of the body portion wlll be received by the angular arms and the, force of the blow carried by the arms to the connecting or attachingportion away from the corner of the case, thereby saving the corner from premature destruction and preserving the case for maximum length of utility.

' In Fig. 1, the dotted lines 7 show a modified form wherein the angular arms are replaced by side member embraced within the dotted lines and the corner edges of the device. I

It is obvious, however, that various other modifications may be embodied without departing from the spirit of this invention. It will therefore be understood that this invention is not limited to the particular construction shown.

What is claimed is:

1. A corner brace for cases and the like.

comprising an angular body portion having integrally formed arms extending therefrom, each arm being angular in cross-section for embracing a corner edge of the case, said arms and body portion cooperating to dis tribute the force of impact at the corner away from the apex and to the sides of the case.

2. A corner brace for cases and the like comprising an angular body portion havthe-case at their outer ends, and disengaged from said. case for the remainder of their length so as to distribute the force of impact 

